When can you say your baby started walking??

Question

my daughter took two steps by herself today. (yay!!) so when people say their kids started walking at ____months do they mean they took their first steps at ____months or was walking across a room at _____months? and how many steps do they need to take by themselves before its considered first steps? does 2 steps count as first steps or should it be like 10 steps?

Answer 1

It counts from their first step. Reason being, that one step becomes several very quickly.

Answer 2

more than 1

Answer 3

To me walking is when they start taking 5 or more steps without holding on.  Or when they aren't just trying to get from one thing to another.  But just walking for the fun of walking.

And when I say my son was "walking at 9 months" I mean he was running away from me before he was 10 months old.  He went from taking one step between objects to literally running within 2 weeks.  It was nuts!

Answer 4

i think it should be thier first step because they are kinda walking

Answer 5

I think first steps includes the first two that your little gal did today (yay!!! lol). I don't think of my son as walking until he started walking across the room, which he did at about 13.5mths. it only took about 10 steps to do so.

Answer 6

My son took 2 or 3 steps by himself at 12 months so i just tell people he started walking then. it was short distance but he walked!!!

Answer 7

i would say that the first steps without holding onto anything count.  once a baby takes one step, they are usually walking across the room within a week anyway, so it's pretty much the same thing.